Urera caracasana(Jacq.) Gaudich. ex Griseb.

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WFO wfo-0000416547 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Urera caracasana, photographed by adel-fridus
fig. a adel-fridus, CC0 1.0 / 2021-02-17 / obs. 113460247
Urera caracasana, photographed by Adriana García Ramírez
fig. b Adriana García Ramírez, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 109464699
Urera caracasana, photographed by Grete Pasch
fig. c Grete Pasch, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 97871860
Urera caracasana, photographed by Jake Rehage
fig. d Jake Rehage, CC0 1.0 / obs. 84100500
Urera caracasana, photographed by Lena Struwe
fig. e Lena Struwe, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 7469019
Urera caracasana, photographed by Mike Mulqueen
fig. f Mike Mulqueen, CC0 1.0 / obs. 6121790
Urera caracasana, photographed by Diogo Luiz
fig. g Diogo Luiz, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 52686458
Urera caracasana, photographed by Diogo Luiz
fig. h Diogo Luiz, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 126441718

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Native range 32 botanical countries

Regions where Urera caracasana is native: Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Belize, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is. Mexico CentralMexico GulfMexico NortheastMexico NorthwestMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestArgentina NortheastArgentina NorthwestBelizeBrazil NorthBrazil NortheastBrazil SouthBrazil SoutheastBrazil West-CentralColombiaCosta RicaEl SalvadorFrench GuianaGuatemalaGuyanaHondurasJamaicaNicaraguaPanamáParaguayPeruPuerto RicoSurinameTrinidad-TobagoVenezuela Leeward Is.Windward Is.
Native distribution of Urera caracasana, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Argentina Northeast AGE SOUTHERN AMERICA
Argentina Northwest AGW
Belize BLZ
Brazil North BZN
Brazil Northeast BZE
Brazil South BZS
Brazil Southeast BZL
Brazil West-Central BZC
Colombia CLM
Costa Rica COS
El Salvador ELS
French Guiana FRG
Guatemala GUA
Guyana GUY
Honduras HON
Jamaica JAM
Leeward Is. LEE
Nicaragua NIC
Panamá PAN
Paraguay PAR
Peru PER
Puerto Rico PUE
Suriname SUR
Trinidad-Tobago TRT
Venezuela VEN
Windward Is. WIN
Mexico Central MXC NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Gulf MXG
Mexico Northeast MXE
Mexico Northwest MXN
Mexico Southeast MXT
Mexico Southwest MXS

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 26 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Urera alceifolia (Poir.) Gaudich. ex B.D.Jacks.
  • Urera alceifolia (Poir.) Gaudich. ex Wedd.
  • Urera capitata var. pavonii Wedd.
  • Urera caracasana var. miquelii (Wedd.) Wedd.
  • Urera caracasana var. mitis Wedd.
  • Urera caracasana var. subpeltata (Miq.) Wedd.
  • Urera caracasana var. tomentosa Wedd.
  • Urera corallina (Liebm.) Wedd.
  • Urera densiflora Miq.
  • Urera jacquinii Wedd.
  • Urera jacquinii var. corallina (Liebm.) Wedd.
  • Urera jacquinii var. miquelii Wedd.
  • Urera jacquinii var. subpeltata (Miq.) Wedd.
  • Urera jacquinii var. tomentosa Wedd.
  • Urera jacquinii var. ulmifolia (Kunth) Wedd.
  • Urera magna Britton
  • Urera mitis (Vell.) Miq.
  • Urera subpeltata Miq.
  • Urera subpeltata var. morifolia Miq.
  • Urtica alceifolia Poir.
  • Urtica caracasana Jacq.
  • Urtica chichicaztli Sessé & Moc.
  • Urtica corallina Liebm.
  • Urtica mitis Vell.

and 2 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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